MetaFilter posts tagged with Space and saturnhttp://www.metafilter.com/tags/Space+saturn
Posts tagged with 'Space' and 'saturn' at MetaFilter.Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:35:04 -0800Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:35:04 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60How big is space? Interactive views of the universe in varying scaleshttp://www.metafilter.com/145064/How%2Dbig%2Dis%2Dspace%2DInteractive%2Dviews%2Dof%2Dthe%2Duniverse%2Din%2Dvarying%2Dscales
We know space is big, but trying to understand how big is tricky. Say you <a href="http://neave.com/planetarium/">stare up at the sky and identify stars and constellations in a virtual planetarium</a>, you can't quite fathom how far away <a href="http://www.sky-map.org/">all those stars are</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59682/Wikisky-Online-Starmap-and-Wiki">previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/82456/Star-light-star-bright-how-many-stars-can-I-see-tonight">twice</a>). Even if you could change your point of view and zoom around in space to really see <a href="http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/">100,000 nearby stars</a> (<em>autoplaying <a href="http://samhulick.com/">ambient music</a>, and there are actually 119,617 stars mapped in 3D space</em>), it's still difficult to get a sense of scale. There's this <a href="http://xkcd.com/482/">static image of various items mapped on a log scale from XKCD</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/134563/One-pill-makes-you-nano-and-one-pill-makes-you-giga">previously</a>), and an interactive horizontal journey down from the sun to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere">heliosphere</a> with <a href="http://www.omgspace.net/">OMG Space</a> (<a href="http://www.omgspace.net">previously</a>). You can get a bit more dynamic with <a href="http://htwins.net/scale/">this interactive Scale of the Universe webpage</a> (<em>also available in with some variants, if you want <a href="http://htwins.net/scale2/">the sequel</a> [ <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/112630/The-Scale-of-the-Universe">previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/124784/OMG-SCIENCE">twice</a>], <a href="http://htwins.net/scale/swirl.html">the swirly, gravity-optional version</a> that takes some time to load, and <a href="http://htwins.net/scale/wrong.html">the wrong version</a> [<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/105023/In-and-Out">previously</a>]</em>), but that's just for the scale of objects, not of space itself. If you want to get spaced out, imagine if <a href="http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html">If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel</a>, and travel from there (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/137213/If-you-plan-on-taking-a-trip-to-Jupiter-this-is-not-the-map-to-use">previously</a>). This past March, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140305-interactive-infographic-of-space">BBC Future put out a really big infographic</a>, which also takes a moment to load, but then you can see <a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/20140304-how-big-is-space-interactive/index.html">all sorts of things, from the surface of Earth out to the edge of our solar system</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145064Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:35:04 -0800filthy light thiefSpringtime on Saturnhttp://www.metafilter.com/141811/Springtime%2Don%2DSaturn
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/science/space/storm-chasing-on-saturn.html">Storm Chasing on Saturn with Cassini</a> [<a href="http://vimeo.com/102735751">viz</a>. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/space/100000003031795/storm-chasing-on-saturn.html">cf</a>.] - "The sun is slowly rising over Saturn's north pole, exposing an immense six-sided hurricane. The storm, big enough to swallow four Earths, was first spotted by the Voyager missions in the early 1980s. [<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5079">Cassini</a>] will be passing directly over the north pole with its cameras pointing down later this month." (previously <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59791/The-eye-of-Sauron-er-Saturn">1</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/127515/Mysterious-weather-at-the-second-largest-planet-in-our-solar-system">2</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141811Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:11:02 -0800kliulessTax dollars hard at work around Saturnhttp://www.metafilter.com/140375/Tax%2Ddollars%2Dhard%2Dat%2Dwork%2Daround%2DSaturn
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/10-years-20140625/">Ten years ago</a>, the <a href="http://www.weirdwarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/The-components-of-the-Cassini-spacecraft.jpg">Cassini–Huygens spacecraft</a> became the first to orbit the <a href="http://vimeo.com/33933151">planet Saturn</a>. After <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZC4u0clEc0">dropping off Huygens on the moon Titan</a>, Cassini proceeded to spend its time exploring the Saturn system, <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/04/15/saturn_cassini_may_have_photographed_the_birth_of_a_moon.html">watching the birth of a new moon</a>, <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/10thannivdiscoveries/"> photographing water vents on Enceladus, discovering methane lakes on Titan, spotting hurricanes on Saturn</a>, <a href="http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2003/sep/24/general-relativity-passes-cassini-test">confirming aspects of general relativity</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNP_GIFuqM">all sorts of other stuff</a>. Enjoy these <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/06/30/cassini_s_10th_anniversary_the_mission_s_greatest_images_of_saturn.html">stunning</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/12/images-of-saturn-from-the-cassini-mission/100653/">photographs</a>, explore the <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/98008/timeline-15-years-of-cassini/">timeline of its exploration</a> and <a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/Saturn">marvel</a> at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/04/20/science/space/20cassini_graphic.html?ref=space">the complex orbital mechanics</a> that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/science/space/20cassini.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">keep Cassini flying</a> in Saturn's system with a tiny fuel supply. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140375Tue, 01 Jul 2014 06:58:29 -0800Brandon BlatcherIf you plan on taking a trip to Jupiter, this is not the map to use.http://www.metafilter.com/137213/If%2Dyou%2Dplan%2Don%2Dtaking%2Da%2Dtrip%2Dto%2DJupiter%2Dthis%2Dis%2Dnot%2Dthe%2Dmap%2Dto%2Duse
<a href="http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html">If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel</a> is a tediously accurate model of the Solar System that Josh Worth made to <a href="http://www.joshworth.com/blog/">explain to his daughter just how difficult it is to go on holiday to Mars</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137213Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:14:36 -0800KattullusAn Astronomical Acid Triphttp://www.metafilter.com/130239/An%2DAstronomical%2DAcid%2DTrip
Enjoy 200,000 images of Saturn, its rings and moons taken by NASA's <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/">Cassini</a> over 8 years <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/video-ride-with-the-cassini-spacecraft-orbiting-saturn">compressed into 4 minutes of video.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130239Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:06:57 -0800gottabefunkyIn Saturn's Ringshttp://www.metafilter.com/129635/In%2DSaturns%2DRings
The first official <a href="http://vimeo.com/album/1503978/video/69455856">trailer</a> of <a href="http://www.insaturnsrings.com/">In Saturn's Rings</a> (formerly Outside In) has been released <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/103229/its-cassini-in-motion-watch-the-first-teaser-for-in-saturns-rings/">to</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/2013/07/01/in-saturns-rings-movie-trailer/">universal</a> <a href="http://io9.com/new-trailer-for-in-saturns-rings-is-guaranteed-to-give-648249131">acclaim</a>. The movie (to be completed in 2014) is <a href="http://vimeo.com/album/1503978">made</a> exclusively from real photos taken by spacecraft, mostly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini-Huygens">Cassini-Huygens</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129635Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:13:51 -0800hat_eaterMysterious weather at the second largest planet in our solar systemhttp://www.metafilter.com/127515/Mysterious%2Dweather%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dsecond%2Dlargest%2Dplanet%2Din%2Dour%2Dsolar%2Dsystem
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20130429.html">There's 1,200 mile wide hurricane on Saturn, swirling within a hexagonal shape.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.127515Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:22:39 -0800Brandon BlatcherLanding on Titan, now in full color!http://www.metafilter.com/123878/Landing%2Don%2DTitan%2Dnow%2Din%2Dfull%2Dcolor
It's been just over eight years since the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMtnFBQNs">Hugyens</a> space <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft)">probe</a> separated from the <a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31385">Cassini spacecraft</a> and drifted down to the surface Saturn's moon <a href="http://www.wingmakers.co.nz/universe/solar_system/Titan.html">Titan</a>. Along the way it provided <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukDbPi_0Gw">video</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ffV-CI3Mo">sounds</a> of its descent.
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Now a 3D visualization of its landing, based on data from the spacecraft itself, <a href="http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/The_Huygens_experience">has been created</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123878Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:00:15 -0800Brandon BlatcherThat German that sent Americans to the Moonhttp://www.metafilter.com/114186/That%2DGerman%2Dthat%2Dsent%2DAmericans%2Dto%2Dthe%2DMoon
<a href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2012/03/23/remembering-wernher-von-braun-on-his-100th-birthday/" title="Smithsonian blog post">Remembering</a> <a href="http://efour4ever.com/44thdivision/vonbrauncapture.html" title="Story of Von Braun's surrender to American Army unit">Wernher</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKn1aSOyOs" title="Song about Von Braun by Tom Lehrer">von Braun</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJrvT9sTPk" title="First part of Man in Space, a a Disney movie that Von Braun collaborated on">on</a> <a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/von-brauns-spaceship/">his</a> <a href="http://www.space.com/15025-space-pioneers-writings-launch-space.html" title="Another article with an early sketch">100th</a> <a href="http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/disney_article.html" title="Article on Von Braun and Walt Disney ">Birthday</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.114186Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:49:10 -0800Brandon BlatcherFly me to the moons of Saturnhttp://www.metafilter.com/107544/Fly%2Dme%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dmoons%2Dof%2DSaturn
<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/carolyn-porco-qa/" title="A chat with Wired.com">Carolyn Porco</a> is the leader of the <a href="http://ciclops.org/">Imaging Team</a> on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5JWnn66LU" title="Video of Huygens landing on Titan">Cassini-Huygens mission</a>. Watch as she <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxXa9pxwzoY" title="19 minute TED Talk">extolls the wonders and discovery</a> about two of Saturn's most interesting moons, <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/18dec_titanglint/" title="Article about the lakes of Titan">Titan</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2_0V1DeDa4&feature=relmfu" title="Another TED Talk by Porco but this time centered on Enceladus">Enceladus</a>. NASA is considering sending another probe to the system. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Titan-Mare-Explorer/135434436487507" title="Go ahead, like it">The Titan Mare Explorer</a> is a low cost mission proposal, designed to land in a lake near Titan's north pole. For 96 days it would make <a href="http://spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/PSDS%20Sat1%20Stofan-TIME.pdf" title="PDF proposal of mission goals and parameters">the first study of an extraterrestrial body of water</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.107544Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:34:22 -0800Brandon BlatcherCassini. Camera. Saturn.http://www.metafilter.com/81033/Cassini%2DCamera%2DSaturn
<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">NASA's Cassini spacecraft went to Saturn and all it got were these awesome pictures.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81033Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:56:21 -0800Saturn XXIIIEnceladushttp://www.metafilter.com/77309/Enceladus
<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126133405.htm">Source Of Geysers On Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Be Underground Water.</a> Earlier this year the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html">Cassini spacecraft</a> detected <a href="http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2666">organic material</a> in the geysers of <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close.html">Enceladus</a>. The question now is, <a href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/12/so-long-and-tha.html">how's the fishing?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.77309Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:52:15 -0800homunculusAKA The Creature, 1985http://www.metafilter.com/69063/AKA%2DThe%2DCreature%2D1985
<a href="http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMCSUUHJCF_index_0.html">Titan find</a> -
The <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59490/Titanic-Pirates-of-Methane-Seas">hydrocarbon lakes</a> on <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/images.cfm?subCategoryID=10">Saturn’s moon</a> may contain hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all of Earths known oil and natural gas reserves. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69063Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:10:07 -0800ArtwThe eye of Sauron... er, Saturnhttp://www.metafilter.com/59791/The%2Deye%2Dof%2DSauron%2Der%2DSaturn
Riddle: What has an <a href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=061109_freak_storm_02.jpg&cap=A+5%2C000-mile-wide+hurricane-like+storm+swirls+at+Saturn%27s+south+pole.+Note+the+well+defined+eye.+Credit%3A+NASA%2FJPL%2FSpace+Science+Institute">eye</a> on the bottom, and a <a href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=070327_saturn_hex_02.jpg&cap=A+bizarre+six-sided+feature+encircling+the+north+pole+of+Saturn+near+78+degrees+north+latitude+has+been+spied+by+the+visual+and+infrared+mapping+spectrometer+on+NASA%27s+Cassini+spacecraft.+Credit%3A+NASA%2FJPL%2FUniversity+of+Arizona">hexagon</a> on the top? [ answer inside ] tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59791Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:41:17 -0800(bb|[^b]{2})In Saturn's Shadowhttp://www.metafilter.com/55557/In%2DSaturns%2DShadow
<a href="http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=2230">In Saturn's Shadow.</a> Pictures of Saturn like none you've seen before, taken by Cassini while the planet was in between the probe and the sun. You can just make out <a href="http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=2235">Earth</a> in the photos. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/43516">Previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55557Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:45:43 -0800cerebus19Enceladus.http://www.metafilter.com/49885/Enceladus
There's <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html">water</a> on <a href="http://www.solarviews.com/eng/enceladu.htm">Saturn's moon</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28mythology%29">Enceladus.</a> Here's hoping space tourism can pick up the pace a little. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49885Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:33:39 -0800jrb223Stunning Saturn/Dione Photohttp://www.metafilter.com/46055/Stunning%2DSaturnDione%2DPhoto
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1790">Stunningly beautiful photo of Dione and Saturn with rings.</a> Such a sensation of depth and grandeur. Thanks, Cassini/JPL/NASA. <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/video-details.cfm?videoID=99">[animation]</a> <a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07744">[planetary photojournal entry]</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/52049061/in/set-174003/">[B/W mirror from kokogiak]</a> <a href="http://www.neodelight.com/ss7">[now you play fun Flash spaceship game]</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46055Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:40:31 -0800brownpauCassini Flies by Tethyshttp://www.metafilter.com/45427/Cassini%2DFlies%2Dby%2DTethys
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/tethys-hyperion/index.cfm">Cassini Flies by Tethys and Hyperion,</a> and the photos so far have been <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=50076" title="EMAIL IS AWESOME, EMAIL IS WEIRD, EMAIL IS AWESOME AND EMAIL IS WEIRD!">awesome</a> and <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1750" title="AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE WAY IT WAS GRRRL!">weird</a>. I especially want to point out <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=50034">this fascinating view</a>, which, if you look at it <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/casJPGFullS14/N00040072.jpg">closely</a>, reveals what appears to be a string of small impact craters, in a straight line over older terrain. What kind of meteor impact could have produced such an excellent formation of craters? Hyperion photos are coming. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/46819079/">Kokogiak's got backup</a> in case the JRUNS strike.) tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.45427Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:04:59 -0800brownpauCassini Photos of Saturn's Rings and Moonshttp://www.metafilter.com/43516/Cassini%2DPhotos%2Dof%2DSaturns%2DRings%2Dand%2DMoons
<a href="http://planetary.org/news/2005/rocks_rings_0708.html">Rocks Among the Rings.</a> The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla has compiled some of the loveliest imagery of Saturn's ring-and-moon system from <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/">Cassini</a>. More on Saturn from the Planetary Society <a href="http://www.planetary.org/saturn/">here.</a> Also see the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/sets/174003/">Cassini at Saturn photoset</a>, from our very own kokogiak, and watch for updates on the latest <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/enceladus20050802/index.cfm">Enceladus flyby</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43516Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:24:48 -0800brownpauOdd Spot on Titan Baffles Scientistshttp://www.metafilter.com/42270/Odd%2DSpot%2Don%2DTitan%2DBaffles%2DScientists
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=576">Unidentified Titan Object</a> Saturn's moon Titan shows an unusual bright spot that has scientists mystified. The spot, approximately the size and shape of West Virginia, is just southeast of the bright region called Xanadu and is visible to multiple instruments on the Cassini spacecraft. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42270Wed, 25 May 2005 12:26:23 -0800DiamornteCassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titanhttp://www.metafilter.com/42248/CassiniHuygens%2DMission%2Dto%2DSaturn%2Dand%2DTitan
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm">Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn</a> A collaboration between 17 nations (3 space agencies). The atmosphere shows <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia06655.html">wavelike cloud structures</a>, Saturn's rings display <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia07960.html">Waves and Small Particles.</a> First image of a <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1522">small moon orbiting within the Keeler gap.</a> <br><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/33167">Previous</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38618">Missions</a>,
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/saturn-tour-dates-05.cfm">2005 tour dates.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42248Tue, 24 May 2005 16:39:45 -0800LanarkHuygens Makes it!http://www.metafilter.com/38627/Huygens%2DMakes%2Dit
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html">It worked! Huygens has successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan and the Cassini orbiter is sending good data back to Earth as I type.</a> Isn't it amazing how we can take a probe the size of a compact car, send it on a 7 year journey in the most inhospitable environment imaginable, deploy a sub-probe that has been dormant for that entire time and land it where we had planned on another solar body so far away that it takes 67 minutes to get a signal back and forth. Exploration and research has never been so cool. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.38627Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:52:28 -0800tgrundkeObligatory NASA Posthttp://www.metafilter.com/38618/Obligatory%2DNASA%2DPost
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/huygensDescent/index.cfm">European Space Agency's Huygens Probe Ready for Spectacular Mission to Titan</a> <br>Mission managers for the European Space Agency's Huygens probe said the spacecraft is on course for its descent to Saturn's mysterious moon Titan on Friday, Jan. 14. The probe, which detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38126">last month</a>, will be the first object to explore on-site the unique environment of <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1131">Titan</a>, whose chemistry is thought to be very similar to that of early Earth, before life formed. The data gathered during the probe's 2 1/2 hour descent through Titan's atmosphere will be transmitted from the probe to the Cassini orbiter and then back to Earth. <br>
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm">Make sure to stay tuned in this morning for updates.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.38618Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:37:27 -0800garethsporMysteries of Titanhttp://www.metafilter.com/36782/Mysteries%2Dof%2DTitan
Saturn's enigmatic moon <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3985891.stm">Titan</a> holds on to its mysteries. <a href="http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15440">Radar images</a> reveal quite a bit of variation but no clear interpretation. The hazy atmosphere prevents the sudden shock of discovery that characterized the Voyager and Galileo flybys of the moons of Jupiter, revealing little more than <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/titana/index.cfm">fuzzy Rorschach blobs.</a> With less than 1% of the surface mapped, researchers suspect that Titan has a <a href="http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_titan_041104.html">young surface</a> shaped by processes that have yet to be revealed. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36782Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:14:26 -0800KirkJobSluderDeath Star Foundhttp://www.metafilter.com/34598/Death%2DStar%2DFound
<a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/images/large-moons/images/PIA05423.jpg&amp;type=image">NASA's Cassini has found the Death Star.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34598Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:21:52 -0800MrAnonymous